Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-17
A REMARKABLE CASE.
Successful Transportation Of
Flesh.

and the Terrible Sacrifices Of a Faithful
Servant.
New York special dispatch TO The
Cincinnati Ea7aircr: The sacrifice Of
a faithful servant. as well as a remark
able case Of flesh nsplantation. are
Illustrated in 4 surg zeal ease which has
Just been successfully concluded on
Madison avenue. Rose Terhune i the
ten-year-o'd daughter Of one of the
many retired ban hers Of this city. She
is the youngest l.ncal descendant of
one of the oldest New York families
Although small and SLIGHT for her age
She made up the physical defect in
grace, brightness and beauty. Her
winning WAYS caused every one who
came in contact with her uvoiuatarily
70 yield her love and affection. The
discipline in the crowded schools of
New York is severe upon the strongest
children. and it was not surpris NJ tina.
little Rose should break down under
hard study last spring before her par
ents even realized that she was over
taXed. They took her at once from
uer books and tasks and sent her to the
farm OF relative near Saratoga. The
roses came back to her checks. She
rcgained her health rapidly and was
almost ready to rejoin her family at
heir pretty Newport villa when she
met with
4 HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
And narrow escape from instant
death. At the Old farm there was an
immense oak in the midst Of a great
grass lot. Its genial shade WAS cast
many feet from It's trunk, and from one
of the giant limbs hung Il swing that
had been put up especially for Rose,
Here she would sit for hours read NO
while the swing moved gently to-and
fro, with the big oak sheltering her from
the sunshine and the winds caresSinG
her fairy face and ringlets. Her al
most constant companion was 4 large
dog of a cross breed between a shGp-
herd and Il Newfoundland. When it
pleased his little mistress to be quiet
the animal lay at her feet lazily sleep
with one eve open to watch the II es.
When it pleased her to become active
no movement escaped him. and he was
as ready for sport as she. As she used
/ to sway back and forth in the old swing
the dog would try to catch her flying
feet and run underneath her. 1t was
while enjoying th sport that she met
with her accident. The dog, although
making frantic leaps rs if to catch her,
Mad never until this time actually seized
her.
On this morning his teeth caught in
her dress. Whether he held on with
purpose or whether his long tusks were
entangled in the fabric, the result was
the same. His weight beng greater
than that of little Rose. she was drag
ged out of the seat rs The SWING reced-
ed. She struck the ground with much
force, rolling over 4 distance of over
twenty feet. the animal going with her
in tumbling. miXed-up mess. 1t was
moving day, and the girl shot right
across the front of a rapidly moving
moving g-mach.ne There was
SHOUT OF HORROR
From the driver that accelerated the
steps of the horses and added to the
calamity. In an instant the sharp
knives Of the mower had cut their
way into the fuvering flesh. VIII lie
the long. prong-iike guards had thrust
themselves cruelty iato her thigh. The
dog saved her life at the expense of
his own. 1t may have been chance
and it may have been the noble en-
deavor of protection for which his
species has ever been noted. but in
rolling over he threw himself in front
of the child, received the worst of the
cutting and died almost before his
mistress was extricated from her pre-
dicament.
Rose was taken in an exhausted and
fainting condition to the farm house
which she had left with merry laughter
only a short time before. The or msOn
tide oOzed out of her wounds with a
slow and turgid movement as if re-
luctant to leave so fair a body. But
th S was a good symptom and indicated
that none of the large blood vessels had
been severed. A death-llke palor, how
ever, came over the chld's face and she
became as if dead. The most severe
wound was in the right thigh. where
ncsriy all the flesh from the knee to
he bone had been stripped from the
thigh bone. The abdomen was also
badly lacerated on the same side. The
hemorrhage was checked as well as
poss bic with the common remedies at
hand in every farm house. Physicians
were summoned from Saratoga. Mr..
Terhune was telegraphed at Newport
of the disaster. He hurried to New
York and took with him from there
to the little sufferers bedside the 1
family physician, DR.. Wilder. Rose
was found to be comfortable, bur in
state OF collapse from the
GREAT Loss OF BLOOD
and the shock. DR.. Wilder rename
with her several DAYS at great persona